Health Net drops rates for California Small Group | Changes for Oct & Nov 2010!

Effective 10/1! Health Net has made the following changes: 

• Stanislaus County – Silver rates will go from a 15% discount to a 25% discount
• HSA 4000 rates will be lowered 10% statewide
• HSA 4500 rates will be lowered 15% statewide
• PPO 40-V rates will be lowered 15% in Los Angeles, Inland Empire, and Orange counties (rating regions 5,6, and
• HRA rates will be lowered 10% statewide
• Salud HMO rates will be lowered 5%
• PPO plan rates in Los Angeles County (rating region will be lowered 8% (this excludes PPO 40-V, HSA 4000, and HSA 4500 whose rates will drop 10-15%) 

Effective 11/1! Health Net is making the following area changes:  

• El Dorado PPO (split between rating regions 1 and 2 – El Dorado and Marin, Merced, Nevada, etc.) will move to rating region 9 – Alameda, Fresno and Santa Clara counties
• Marin PPO (rating region 2 ) will move to rating region 7 – San Diego and Imperial counties
• Contra Costa, Placer and Sacramento PPO (rating region 3) will move to rating region 9
• Yolo HMO and PPO (rating region 2) will move to rating region 9
• Fresno (rating region 9) and Tulare (rating region 1) HMO will move to rating region 7 – San Diego
• Santa Cruz Silver Network (once created) rates will be discounted 25% off the full network

SIC 10% Discount

 PPO MEDICAL RATING REGIONS 

Region 1          Includes the following El Dorado ZIP codes: 95613-14, 95619, 95623, 95629, 95633-36, 95643, 95651, 95656, 95664, 95684, 95709, 95720-21, 95726-27, 95735, 96142, 96150-58 only, and Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne and Yuba counties 

Region 2          Includes the following El Dorado ZIP codes: 95667, 95672, 95682 and 95762 only, and Marin, Mariposa, Merced, Nevada, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus and Yolo counties 

Region 3          Contra Costa, Kings, Madera, Placer, Sacramento, San Francisco and San Mateo counties 

Region 4          Kern, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties 

Region 5          Includes the Los Angeles ZIP codes beginning with 906-912, 915, 917, 918, and 935 only, Riverside and San Bernardino counties 

Region 6          Orange and San Luis Obispo counties 

Region 7          San Diego and Imperial counties 

Region 8          Includes the Los Angeles ZIP codes beginning with 900-905, 913-914 and 916 only 

Region 9          Alameda, Fresno and Santa Clara counties 

HMO MEDICAL RATING REGIONS 

Region 1          Includes the following El Dorado ZIP codes: 95613-14, 95619, 95623, 95629, 95633-36, 95643, 95651, 95656, 95664, 95684, 95709, 95720-21, 95726-27, 95735, 96142, 96150-58 only, Napa and Tulare counties 

Region 2          Includes the following El Dorado ZIP codes: 95667, 95672, 95682 and 95762 only, and Marin, Merced, Nevada, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus and Yolo counties 

Region 3          Contra Costa, Kings, Madera, Placer, Sacramento, San Francisco and San Mateo counties 

Region 4          Santa Barbara and Ventura counties 

Region 5          Includes the Los Angeles ZIP codes beginning with 906-912, 915, 917, 918, and 935 only, Riverside and San Bernardino counties 

Region 6          Kern and Orange counties 

Region 7          San Diego

Region 8          Includes the Los Angeles ZIP codes beginning with 900-905, 913-914 and 916 only

Region 9          Alameda, Fresno and Santa Clara counties